The FINDER technology (opens in new tab) was developed by a team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California following the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti and was later commercialized by Florida-based SpecOps Group. Related stories:New satellite photos show surface cracks from devastating Turkey earthquake— Scientists just detected an earthquake from a balloon and might be able to do it on Venus, too— Earthquakes: What are they and how do they occur?"Relief efforts include tracking cascading disasters, such as natural hazard-triggered technological disasters," Shanna McClain, manager of NASA’s Disaster program area, said in the statement.  Computer modeling based on satellite measurements could help researchers assess the likelihood of aftershocks around the main tectonic faults